Dorkdom that is firefly fandom

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JACQUI

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:44 AM

I was in my car the other day and the song on the radio finished and all of a sudden, it started...

"Take my love, take my land.
Take me where I cannot stand..."

And I was so excited... THEY'RE PLAYING THE THEME SONG ON THE RADIO!!!!!

It took me a full minute or so to realise that it was my phone ringing.

I'm geeky enough to be thinking that the theme song of Firefly would be played on the radio. Does that count?

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"He's hurting a woman, he really *is* a bad guy... and I wouldn't call him a gentleman."
- Kyle, 9, watching 'Serenity'.

RITAK7

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:47 AM

Slayer730 you are my hero. I love the 'ah, can't you remember the colour of your coat story' Now tell me did you get your husband to say that he aims to misbehave. Whew baby;)

DONCOAT

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:03 PM

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Originally posted by slayer730:
My dorkiness over Firefly is SO bad that when I got married, I actually made my husband wear his Mal costume when we got home, wear a hat made out of a tree, and drink rice wine out of a bowl so we could "really be married". Man, that's SAD. :)

I think it's sweet. I'd do that in a heartbeat for my beloved, if I ever start having a beloved.

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TEETHGRINDER

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:51 PM

Me too ... me too!!!
A few days after me and my sister discovered SERENITY/FIREFLY... I was picking her up from work and of course we we're talking about Mal and the rest of the gang when I came to a moment of clarity and told her how happy and relieved I am that I'm still alive and that I didn't kill myself when the urge to do so was at it's strongest. (I've had a troubled past-- All is well now though!)Co'z if I did... I would have missed out on Firefly/Serenity. I would have missed out on what I think is the best addiction/obsession anyone could ask for. (family and your significant other excluded of course!).
She looked at me as any normal person would( eyes and mouth wide open), shook her head in disbelief... I smiled and told her that I will never think of commiting that gorram act ever again. To my relief.. Instead of slapping me at the bak of my head or instead of crying... She smiled and said something like... "You big dummy... You would have found out about Firefly/Serenity any way". She said... One night... You'll miss me and come to haunt me and guess what I'll be doing?? Watching Firefly/Serenity ...of course!!! That thought hasn't entered my mind I guess (smile!)and I think she's right co'z eversince we found out about this verse.... That's all we ever do.
Don't get me wrong though... I'm still happy to be alive (smile).

MATTIE

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:44 PM

Does the fact that I refuse to leave the library before I post here--at the risk of being late to class--not count?
Humm, what makes me qualified to be a member of Dorkdom? If you read my post on the "You know you're obsessed when..." thread, you'll understand why I am SUPER qualified to be a member.
Here's a story, though. The other day at work I trained a new girl. My boyfirend came in to see me and he warned--YES WARNED--the newbie about my Firefly/Serenity obsession. He told her to make fun of me every time I said "shiny" and "gorramnit" because he's so sick of hearing me say those words. I told her not to--I'm her manager! And I gave him the look of death (followed by a bright and beautiful smile).
Me, qualified for Dorkdom? Nah.

Wacky fun!

GRAYFURY

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:05 PM

The following words are now as much a part of my vocabulary as door, dog, bed, etc. "Shiny, Gorram, Dong-ma, ruttin... On top of all of that I use the phrase "Hand to God" quite frequently...Thanks Wash and his juggled goslings.

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

XENOPROBE

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:03 PM

Ok... first off... why aren't any of you living in my ruttin' city so I can hang with others of my ilk?

I would have loved to have gone around singing the Hero of Canton on New Year's Eve!

Here's my contribution to prove my dorkdom:

I bought myself the Firefly dvds and was sooooo blown away that I have since bought me a 'back-up' copy, another for my best friend and yet another for new friends that are keen to misbehave. I also got a copy of Serenity for Christmas that I promptly gave away to someone not as fortunate as I. I also ordered my own copy of Finding Serenity and read it cover to cover, only to give it away to another close fried and fan. After that, I re-ordered the book and film (along the the role playing game, some Buffy books and the original Firefly score cd) but the order was taking too long to arrive... So, I went out and bought 4 copies of Serenity, kept one for me, gave the other 3 to my girlfriends when we were out for dinner on Friday night.

I figure I need to contribute the dvd sales... gotta keep the signal strong - we want more Firefly right? Right :)

(Oh, and for New Year's Eve this year, I watched 7 straight hours of Firefly, pausing only for champagne at midnight.)

I must take a moment to encourage anyone who has not read Finding Serenity to go do so at your earliest convenience. It was one of the most rewarding reads of recent past and made me see that others watch the show with the same eye for detail as myself.

I cannot tell you just how great it is to find a wealth of kindred folk out her in the verse like yourselves.

Shiny.

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Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng. Shiny.

OMELET

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:22 PM

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Originally posted by Ninah148:
My fiance also caught me moving DVDs around on their shelf so that their single Firefly box set was facing cover-forward rather than spine-forward for that convenient impulse buy...

Hahaha! My idea is spreading throughout this place!

Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious!

LOLA

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:40 PM

hmmmmm......

Does the fact that I am teaching my 2 yr old to use shiny count me in? I'll ask Gabe(the aformentioned tyke) "Do you like broccoli?" his reply "It's shiny!" Or alternatly "not shiny"
Although the other mothers at the playground look at me a bit weird now..my husband said something under his breath to the effect of "they always did honey". I'm not sure I know what he's talking about *ehem*
I also taught the little one "mine is an evil laugh" and then he gives this goofy 2yr old evil laugh. Kids are fun.
I find myself just lonely for Firefly..I'm still in the "just finished watching all the episodes sad sad sad phase"
Oh, and much like I believe Doncoat I use "my hand t' God" and "Hey we could be juggling geese" and a few other Wash-isms.
Oh and I read any fanfic Gypsylife writes too..they rock!
can I be a card carrying Dorkdom member, too? pretty puuulleeeaaassseeee.

Lola

" ya ever sailed on a Firefly?"

DONCOAT

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by Lola:
Oh, and much like I believe Doncoat I use "my hand t' God"...

That was Greyfury. However, I shall start using it (even though I'm agnostic) just so you won't be wrong...

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